Key-pouch



(No Model.)

I J. CASEY & M. S. OHISM.

KEY POUCH.

No. 493,069. Patented Mar. '7, 1893.

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ATTORNEY.

NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN CASEY AND MURRAY S. OHISM, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

KEY-POUCH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 493,069, dated. March 7, 1893.

Application filed July 5, 1892. Serial No. 438,861. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, JOHN CASEY and MUR- RAY S. CHIsM, citizens of the United States, both residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Key- Pouches, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings.

Our invention consists of a pouch or sheath adapted to receive a key or bunch of keys, wherebythe wearing action on the pocket, and rusting of the key or keys is materially prevented, and a bunch of keys may be packed or carried in compact form, said pouch being formed of flaps secured at one end and open at their sides, the end fastening consisting of a rivet and post, to which the key ring is attachable, and which reinforces the adjacent portion of the pouch, said flaps having fastening for closing the pouch and confining the key or keys therein.

Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a key pouch embodying our invention. Figs. 2 and 3 represent perspective views of the pouch respectively in open and closed condition. Fig.4 represents a section of a portion on line a, m Fig. 1 quarter reversed.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

Referring to the drawings:A designates a pouch which is formed of two pieces of leather or other suitable material, with or without a lining, and cover as desired, said pieces being closed at one side and separable at the other. To one end of the pieces, is secured by rivet the post B, the portion of which within the pouch being adapted to hold a key ring 0, or may have a key or keys hung directly thereon, said post having its ends reduced, see Fig. 3 forming shoulders against which the flaps are rested, thus leaving a space between the flaps in which the key ring is located, said block receiving the strain of said ring and the keys thereon, and preventing such strain being exerted directly on the rivet so that the latter may not be torn-out of the To the pieces of the pouch at the open end thereof, is secured the fastening D,D,whereby the pieces are held in closed condition and the key or keys nicely retained therein, see Fig. 3.

It will be noticed that the portion of the pouch which constitutes the mouth thereof, is flexible, and produces the flaps E, whereby when a key is required, and the fastening is released, the flaps may be opened. The key is now accessible, as shown in Fig. 2, and it may be Withdrawn from the pouch and operated, as usual, without requiring to be disconnected from the attaching device 13, the key or key ring remaining thereon, said device receiving the strain or weight that may be occasioned, withoutliability to tear the flaps, and serving to reinforce the end of the flaps with which it is connected.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isp 1. A key pouch consisting of flaps open on their sides and connected at one end, and having a fastening device, the connected end having between the flaps thereof, a separating post, which also sustains a key ring, and is attached to the flaps by a rivet which passes through said post and is secured to the flaps substantially as described.

2. A key pouch formed of flaps open on their sides and connected at one end, a fastening device and a post which is located between the flaps at the connected end thereof, and separates the same and is rigidly connected with said flaps, by means of a rivet which passes through said post and is attached to said flaps said parts being com-' bined substantially as described.

- JOHN CASEY.

, MURRAY S. CHISM.

Witnesses:

JOHN A. WIEDERsHEIM, A. P. JENNINGS. 

